Micrometeorites from the Transantarctic Mountains

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Rochette P, FOLCO, LUIGI, Suavet C, van Ginneken M, Gattacceca J, PERCHIAZZI, NATALE, Braucher R, Harvey R.
• Other Authors: Rochette, P, Folco, Luigi, Suavet, C, van Ginneken, M, Gattacceca, J, Perchiazzi, Natale, Braucher, R, Harvey, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; South Pole; Frontier Mountain; Antarc*; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/180577; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806049105

We report the discovery of large accumulations of micrometeorites on the Myr-old, glacially eroded granitic summits of several isolated nunataks in the Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains. The number (>3,500) of large (>400 μm and up to 2 mm in size) melted and unmelted particles is orders...